Standards Addressed (include prioritization E, I or C)
Lesson Prioritization (E, I, C)
Timing Suggestion(s)
Investigation 1: Save Fred
Examine the steps involved in problem solving.
Collaborate to identify different approaches to scientific problem solving.
Document the procedure they used to solve a problem.
Standard 1.1.E: Understand that: The purpose of communicating is to share and justify results. Scientists communicate their results to others, including the details that allow others to replicate the results.(Essential)
E
2 days
Investigation 2: The Pellagra Story
Analyze the collection and use of evidence in solving a scientific question of historical importance.
Discuss the ethical implications of using human subjects in experiments.
Standard 1.1.F: Understand that: Scientific habits of mind and other sources of knowledge and skills are essential to scientific inquiry. Habits of mind include tolerance of ambiguity, skepticism, openness to new ideas, and objectivity. Other knowledge and skills include mathematics, reading, writing, and technology. (Important)
Design and carry out a simulation of a clinical trial.
Display data from a scientific experiment in a meaningful way through graphs.
Standard 1.1.B: Understand that: Fair test design supports the validity of the investigation. Sometimes it is not possible to know everything that will have an effect on the investigation or control all conditions.(Essential)
Discuss the need for a control in a scientific experiment.
Standard 1.1.C: Understand that: The purpose of accurate data collection is to provide evidence to compare with the prediction.(Essential)
E
1 day
Investigation 5: Can You Feel the Difference?
Explore reasons why different areas of the body have different sensitivities to touch.
Standard 1.1.A: Understand that scientific investigations involve asking a focused scientific question. Investigations differ depending upon the question being asked.(Essential)
E
1 day
Investigation 6: Finding the Nerve
Identify variables that may or may not be kept the same when identifying sensitive touch receptors.
Standard 1.1.B: Understand that: Fair test design supports the validity of the investigation. Sometimes it is not possible to know everything that will have an effect on the investigation or control all conditions.(Essential)
I
1 day
Investigation 7: Human Variation
Identify variables that may or may not be kept the same when identifying sensitive touch receptors.
Explore reasons why different areas of the body have different sensitivities to touch.
Standard 1.1.C: Understand that: The purpose of accurate data collection is to provide evidence to compare with the prediction.(Essential)
I
2 days
Investigation 8: Studying People
Explain the value in qualitative and quantitative data in an experiment.
Standard 2.1.A: Advances in technology can expand the body of scientific knowledge. Technological tools allow people to observe objects and phenomena that otherwise would not be possible. Technology enhances the quality, accuracy, speed and analysis of data gathered.(Important)
I
1 day
Investigation 9: Data Toss
Design an experiment using good experimental design, creating appropriate displays of data.
Establish an appropriate sample size for an investigation.
Standard 1.1.C: Understand that: The purpose of accurate data collection is to provide evidence to compare with the prediction. (Essential) Standard 1.1.D: Understand that: The body of scientific knowledge grows as scientists ask questions, conduct investigations, develop explanations and compare results with what is already known. (Essential)
E
4 days
Investigation 10: Evaluating Clinical Trials
Explain the value in qualitative and quantitative data in an experiment.
Evaluate research proposals in terms of evidence and trade-offs
Standard 1.1.F: Understand that: Scientific habits of mind and other sources of knowledge and skills are essential to scientific inquiry. Habits of mind include tolerance of ambiguity, skepticism, openness to new ideas, and objectivity. Other knowledge and skills include mathematics, reading, writing, and technology.(Important)
I
1 day
Investigation 11: Sick Day
Discuss benefits and trade-offs of various remedies for illness.
Standard 6.3.A: Technological advances in medicine and improvements in hygiene have helped in the prevention and treatment of illness.(Important)
I
1 day
Investigation 12: What's Happening Inside?
Describe major human body systems in terms of structure, role in keeping the organism alive, and interconnectedness.
Standard 6.1.F: The human body has systems that perform functions necessary for life. Major systems of the human body include the digestive, respiratory, reproductive, and circulatory systems.(Essential)
E
5 days
Investigation 13: Living With Your Liver
Explain how the liver functions in more than one body system to regulate the body’s internal environment.
Standard 6.3.B: The functioning and health of organisms are influenced by many factors (i.e., heredity, diet, lifestyle, bacteria, viruses, parasites, and the environment). Certain body structures and systems function to protect against disease and injury. (Important)
I
1 day
Investigation 14: Breakdown
Design and conduct an experiment to determine the effect of increasing surface area of an antacid tablet on its reactivity in vinegar.
Create a model to simulate and characterize the effects of mechanical breakdown and chemical breakdown in digestion.
Standard 6.3.B: The functioning and health of organisms are influenced by many factors (i.e., heredity, diet, lifestyle, bacteria, viruses, parasites, and the environment). Certain body structures and systems function to protect against disease and injury.(Important)Standard 1.1.D: Understand that: The body of scientific knowledge grows as scientists ask questions, conduct investigations, develop explanations and compare results with what is already known. (Essential)
E
2 days
Investigation 15: Digestion--An Absorbing Tale
Explain how the various organs of the digestive system contribute to mechanical and chemical breakdown of food.
Correlate increased surface area of food and of the lining of the small intestine with complete chemical breakdown and absorption.
Standard 6.3.B: The functioning and health of organisms are influenced by many factors (i.e., heredity, diet, lifestyle, bacteria, viruses, parasites, and the environment). Certain body structures and systems function to protect against disease and injury. (Important)
I
1 day
Investigation 16: Balancing Act
Make decisions about the nutrition in a type of food, identifying benefits and trade-offs.
Standard 6.3.B: The functioning and health of organisms are influenced by many factors (i.e., heredity, diet, lifestyle, bacteria, viruses, parasites, and the environment). Certain body structures and systems function to protect against disease and injury. (Important)
C
Project
Investigation 17: Gas Exchange
Design and carry out an experiment using Bromothymol Blue (BTB) indicator to determine the relative carbon dioxide content of exhaled air.
Explain how the structure of the lungs and the blood vessels allows gas exchange to occur.
Standard 6.1.F: The human body has systems that perform functions necessary for life. Major systems of the human body include the digestive, respiratory, reproductive, and circulatory systems. (Essential)
E
1-2 days
Investigation 18: The Circulation Game
Trace the flow of blood to and from the heart around the body and lungs.
Explain how the heart and circulatory system allow blood to exchange gases, nutrients, and wastes.
Standard 6.1.F: The human body has systems that perform functions necessary for life. Major systems of the human body include the digestive, respiratory, reproductive, and circulatory systems. (Essential)
E
2-3 days
Investigation 19: Heart-i-ly Fit
Determine their own resting pulse and pulse after exercise.
Explain the relationship between recovery time and fitness.
Design an experiment to compare resting pulses and recovery times among classmates.
Standard 6.3.B: The functioning and health of organisms are influenced by many factors (i.e., heredity, diet, lifestyle, bacteria, viruses, parasites, and the environment). Certain body structures and systems function to protect against disease and injury. (Important)
I
1-2 day
Investigation 20: Great Aunt Lily's Will
Evaluate the trade-offs associated with allocating availabe resources to medicla research, treatment, and education.
Standard 6.3.A: Technological advances in medicine and improvements in hygiene have helped in the prevention and treatment of illness. (Important)
C
1 day
Investigation 21: Inside a Pump
Explain why blood flow through the heart is one-directional and why it must be one-directional.
Standard 6.1.F: The human body has systems that perform functions necessary for life. Major systems of the human body include the digestive, respiratory, reproductive, and circulatory systems.(Essential)
E
2 days
Investigation 22: The Heart--A Muscle
Explain the way in which the heart rests, and how improved fitness enables the heart to rest more easily.
Standard 6.3.B: The functioning and health of organisms are influenced by many factors (i.e., heredity, diet, lifestyle, bacteria, viruses, parasites, and the environment). Certain body structures and systems function to protect against disease and injury.(Important)
I
1-2 days
Investigation 23: Heart Parts
Trace the flow of blood through the chambers of the heart.
Identify blood as oxygen rich or oxygen poor and predict where this blood will be sent to (or received from) by the heart.
Standard 6.1.F: The human body has systems that perform functions necessary for life. Major systems of the human body include the digestive, respiratory, reproductive, and circulatory systems. (Essential)
E
1 day
Investigation 24: Round and Round
Use a diagram to show how the heart separates oxygen poor blood from oxygen rich blood
Standard 6.1.F: The human body has systems that perform functions necessary for life. Major systems of the human body include the digestive, respiratory, reproductive, and circulatory systems. (Essential)
E
1 day
Investigation 25: Healing the Heart
Standard 6.3.A: Technological advances in medicine and improvements in hygiene have helped in the prevention and treatment of illness. (Important)
C
1 day
Combine w/ Inv 28 & 29
Investigation 26: Heart Sounds
Standard 6.1.F: The human body has systems that perform functions necessary for life. Major systems of the human body include the digestive, respiratory, reproductive, and circulatory systems. (Essential)
C
1 day
Investigation 27: The Pressure's On
Standard 6.3.B: The functioning and health of organisms are influenced by many factors (i.e., heredity, diet, lifestyle, bacteria, viruses, parasites, and the environment). Certain body structures and systems function to protect against disease and injury. (Important)
C
Combine w/ Inv 21
Investigation 28: Heart Problems
Standard 6.3.B: The functioning and health of organisms are influenced by many factors (i.e., heredity, diet, lifestyle, bacteria, viruses, parasites, and the environment). Certain body structures and systems function to protect against disease and injury.(Important)Standard 6.3.A: Technological advances in medicine and improvements in hygiene have helped in the prevention and treatment of illness. (Important)
C
Combine w/ Inv 25 & 28
Investigation 29: Helping Hearts
Standard 6.3.B: The functioning and health of organisms are influenced by many factors (i.e., heredity, diet, lifestyle, bacteria, viruses, parasites, and the environment). Certain body structures and systems function to protect against disease and injury.(Important)
Collaborate to identify different approaches to scientific problem solving.
Document the procedure they used to solve a problem.
Discuss the ethical implications of using human subjects in experiments.
(Important)
Display data from a scientific experiment in a meaningful way through graphs.
Explore reasons why different areas of the body have different sensitivities to touch.
Establish an appropriate sample size for an investigation.
(Essential) Standard 1.1.D: Understand that: The body of scientific knowledge grows as scientists ask questions, conduct investigations, develop explanations and compare results with what is already known.
(Essential)
Evaluate research proposals in terms of evidence and trade-offs
(Important)
Create a model to simulate and characterize the effects of mechanical breakdown and chemical breakdown in digestion.
(Essential)
Correlate increased surface area of food and of the lining of the small intestine with complete chemical breakdown and absorption.
(Important)
(Important)
Explain how the structure of the lungs and the blood vessels allows gas exchange to occur.
(Essential)
Explain how the heart and circulatory system allow blood to exchange gases, nutrients, and wastes.
(Essential)
Explain the relationship between recovery time and fitness.
Design an experiment to compare resting pulses and recovery times among classmates.
(Important)
(Important)
Identify blood as oxygen rich or oxygen poor and predict where this blood will be sent to (or received from) by the heart.
(Essential)
(Essential)
(Important)
Combine w/ Inv 28 & 29
(Essential)
(Important)